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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">BPEL Model Validation</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can use the Enterprise Architect <a href="model_validation.htm">Model Validation</a> facility to </span><span class="f_BodyText">check the validity of the BPEL model. You can validate an entire BPEL Process or a single BPMN element. Note that </span><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect </span><span class="f_BodyText">checks for both the UML and the BPEL rules by default. To enable only BPEL rule validation, select only the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">BPEL Rules </span><span class="f_BodyText">checkbox in the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="configuring_model_validation.htm">Model Validation Configuration</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="model_valid.png" width="516" height="341" border="0" alt="Model_Valid"></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Example Model Violation</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The following model shows several basic BPEL violations:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="invalid_model.png" width="293" height="359" border="0" alt="Invalid_Model"></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">StartEvent1</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> has its trigger set to </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-weight: bold;">None</span><span class="f_NumberedList">, which cannot be mapped to BPEL.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">EndEvent1</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> has its trigger set to </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Cancel</span><span class="f_NumberedList">, which cannot be mapped to BPEL.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">EndEvent1</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> cannot have any outgoing SequenceFlows, as it represents the end of a process.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">Activity2</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> has no outgoing SequenceFlows. Enterprise Architect expects only an EndEvent to represent the end of a process.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you run Model Validation on this diagram, Enterprise Architect lists the violations in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Output</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window, as shown:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="error.png" width="780" height="176" border="0" alt="Error"></p>
<p class="p_SeeAlso"><span class="f_SeeAlso">See Also</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="bpel.htm">BPEL</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="create_a_bpel_model.htm">Create a BPEL Model</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="create_assignments.htm">Create Assignments</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="model_a_bpel_process.htm">Model a BPEL Process</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="generate_bpel.htm">Generate BPEL</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="bpel_web_service.htm">Create a BPEL Web Service</a></span></li>
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